THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY … Chapter 1 Photos (Day 1, Friday)
September 4, 2019
I landed in Baltra, settled onto the Golondrina, and walked around the tiny, quiet island of Mosquera.
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Here's my Entry Card for the Galapagos Islands ...



The walkway ... made of solar panels.


Dinghies come to transport us to the Golondrina ...

Frigate birds accompany us to our first excursion.

Whale skeleton on a white beach made of ... parrotfish poop!

Our first dinner in the galley...

Billy giving us an orientation to Isabela Island in the galley of the Golondrina



For more about my book, The Galapagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey, click here: https://fortresspress.com/thegalapagosislandsaspiritualjourney
For UK readers, the title is God Unbound: Theology in the Wild - available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1786222019
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THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY – Chapter 9. MONSTER
September 4, 2019
This photograph ... an accident ... continues to haunt me:

The young Charles Darwin ...

Charles Darwin as an old man

From the Charles Darwin Research Center


From the Baltra Airport Gift Shop




For more about my book, The Galapagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey, click here: https://fortresspress.com/thegalapagosislandsaspiritualjourney
For UK readers, the title is God Unbound: Theology in the Wild – available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1786222019
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THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY (aka GOD UNBOUND – PHOTOGRAPHS
September 4, 2019


For more about my book, The Galapagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey, click here: https://fortresspress.com/thegalapagosislandsaspiritualjourney
For UK readers, the title is God Unbound: Theology in the Wild - available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1786222019
You'll find my photographs for each day here:
DAY 1: brianmclaren.net/galapagos1
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DAY 4: brianmclaren.net/galapagos4
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THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY – Chapter 4 (Day 4, Monday)
September 4, 2019
We spent the morning on Santiago, hiking and snorkeling at Puerto Egas. Then we hiked on the lava fields of Chinese Hat.
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In the bay at Puerto Egas ... scenes from the beach: the Golondina, black sand beach, ash cliffs, lava lizards, sea lions.






A part of the ruins from Victor Egas's 1920's captive labor force:


On Chinese Hat, Billy teaching us about kinds of lava ...

Scenes from Chinese Hat: Yellow warbler, Galapagos hawk, lava lizard, marine iguanas








Marine iguana study ...




Beneath my feet ...









Looking around ...





Moonlight, end of day 4 ... en route to Puerto Ayora:



For more about my book, The Galapagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey, click here: https://fortresspress.com/thegalapagosislandsaspiritualjourney
For UK readers, the title is God Unbound: Theology in the Wild - available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1786222019
You'll find my photographs for each day here:
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GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY – Chapter 8 (Day 8, Friday)
September 4, 2019
We explored Black Turtle Cove on Santa Cruz and then returned to Baltra where we disembarked, said our goodbyes, and took our outgoing flights.
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Where we've been for eight days ...

Our last excursion to a mangrove area ... Black Turtle Cove










Blue-footed booby ... their feet really are impossibly, ridiculously blue.

Leaving the Golondrina for the last time ...


The wind turbines of Baltra airport.

Sad to be leaving. Happy to have come. Grateful, grateful.


A final wildlife encounter ...

T-shirt wisdom at the airport shop ...


Guayaquil airport ... making space for life in the city.




For more about my book, The Galapagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey, click here: https://fortresspress.com/thegalapagosislandsaspiritualjourney
For UK readers, the title is God Unbound: Theology in the Wild – available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1786222019
You’ll find my photographs for each day here:
DAY 1: brianmclaren.net/galapagos1
DAY 2: brianmclaren.net/galapagos2
DAY 3: brianmclaren.net/galapagos3
DAY 4: brianmclaren.net/galapagos4
DAY 5: brianmclaren.net/galapagos5
DAY 6: brianmclaren.net/galapagos6
DAY 7: brianmclaren.net/galapagos7
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